17 February 2015

A suicide bomber trying to enter a police complex in eastern Pakistan killed five people Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack on the relatively peaceful city of Lahore.

The city is the power base of Pakistan's prime minister. The bombing claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group further destabilizes a country already struggling to deal with its militancy problems following the assault on a school in December that killed 150 people and horrified the country.

Technology is so often the foil to romance: illicit texts are discovered; Netflix shows are covertly watched apart; apps like Tinder threaten to take all the romance out of sex. But there are some apps out there that help, rather than hurt, romance. Here are a few of the virtual equivalents to a dozen red roses.

Couple

Couple is, as advertised, an app specifically designed for couples, and it's incredibly comprehensive. There's private messaging, date planning, shared lists, a live drawing feature, and an almost too cute thumbprint to thumbprint feature. It's free for iPhone and Android.